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PATENTl OEEICE.

WILLIAM CONRAD REINMILLER, OF ATLANTA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. T. KENYON AND H. C. HAWES, OF ATLANTA, ILLINOIS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,389, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed December 9, 1903. Serial No. 184,475. (No model.)

To a/Z whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLLAM CONRAD REIN- MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Logan and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to portable worm fences, and has for its object to provide improvedmeans for connecting the sections of the fence together and for adjusting the angle at which the sections set. The connecting and adjusting means consist of a segmental bolt which extends through holes in the posts in the abutting sections and which permit the adjustment referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fence. Fig. 2 is a top plan View, and Fig. 3 is a detail in horizontal section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the posts of the fence-sections are indicated at 6, and the segmental bolt connecting the same is shown at 7 The bolt is threaded at both ends to receive nuts 9 and extends horizontally through the holes l() in the posts. These holes are provided with a wear-plate and bushing, (indicated at 1l under the nuts.) Preferably two bolts are used at each joint, one at the top and one at the bottom of the post; but the number may be varied, as'desired.

The segmental shape of the bolts permits the several sections to be turned at any desired angle with respect to each other, so as to make the fence more or less crooked, and when so set the nuts are tightened, which holds the parts together. The simplicity of the connection is obvious as well as the adjustment permitted by the peculiar shape of the bolts.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 40 by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with adjacent fence-sections having posts at the ends thereof, of a segmental bolt connecting the posts, and on which the posts are adjustable to vary the angle between the sections, and means engaging the posts and the bolt to fix the sections as adjusted.

2. The combination with adjacent wormfence sections, of rigid segmental couplingbolts extending through the adjacent posts of the respective sections and adjustable to vary the relative angle of the sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM CONRAD REINMILLER.

Witnesses: f J. E. HAwEs,

H. J. FoLrs. 

